Server Status Checker

<?php
$ip = 'mc.hypixel.net';
$port = 25565;

$onlinePlayers = 0;
$maxPlayers = 0;
$serverMotd = '';

$serverSock = @stream_socket_client('tcp://'.$ip.':'.$port, $empty, $empty, 1);


if($serverSock !== FALSE)
{
    fwrite($serverSock, "\xfe");

    $response = fread($serverSock, 2048);
    $response = str_replace("\x00", '', $response);
    $response = substr($response, 2);

    $data = explode("\xa7", $response);

    unset($response);

    fclose($serverSock);

    if(sizeof($data) == 3)
    {
        $serverMotd = $data[0];
        $onlinePlayers = (int) $data[1];
        $maxPlayers = (int) $data[2];

        echo $serverMotd.'<br/>';
        echo $onlinePlayers.'/'.$maxPlayers.' player(s) online.';
    }else{
        echo 'Could not connect.';
    }
}else{
    echo 'Server is offline.';
}

?>